Course Calendar

WeekDateModuleTopicGuest LecturerAssignment GivenAssignment Due
101/12Course Introduction
01/14Wicked ProblemsWicked Problem Anatomy & DynamicsAssignment #101/28
201/19Martin Luther King Day: No Classes
01/21Wicked Problems & Globalization
301/26Work Session: Assignment #1
01/28Social RelationsMapping Stakeholder RelationsAssignment #202/18
402/02Mindset & Posture
02/04Systems of Oppression
502/09Pluriversality & Decoloniality
02/11Power Dynamics & Polarization
602/16Worksession: Assignment #2
02/18Mapping the Evolution of a Wicked ProblemWicked Problem EvoloutionAssignment #303/11
702/23Types of Transitions
02/25Historical Context
03/02SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
03/04SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES
803/09Worksession: Assignment #3
03/11Designing for TransitionsVisioningAssignment #403/30
903/16Backcasting & Milestoning
03/18How the Past Can Inform the Future: Mutual Aid & Commoning
1003/23Alternative Economies
03/25Worksession: Assignment #4
1103/30Designing Systems InterventionsDesigning Systems InterventionsAssignment #505/04
04/01Material vs. Non-Material InterventionsJonathan Chapman
1204/06Frames & Narratives
04/08Policy & Legal InterventionsTomar Pierson-Brown
1304/13Max-Neef's Theory of Needs
04/15Worksession: Assignment #5
1404/20Final Presentations
04/22Final PresentationsAssignments re-submitted for improved grades due: May 4